Over on the Digital Songs chart,
Pitbull’s "Timber," featuring Ke$ha, retakes the No. 1 slot—up one rung—with 442,000 (up 108%). Last week's leader, A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera's "Say Something," slides to No. 4 with 355,000 (up 49%).
Every title on the 50-position Digital Songs chart has a sales gain this week—not surprising, as consumers redeemed digital gift cards after the Christmas holiday. And, of those 50 songs, only four gain by less than 100%. (In total, digital song sales were up by 98% compared with the previous week.)
Eminem's "The Monster," featuring Rihanna, is up one to No. 2 with 433,000 (up 124%), OneRepublic's "Counting Stars" rises 4-3 with 408,000 (up 143%) while Lorde's "Royals" is up 6-5 with 302,000 (up 172%).
Imagine Dragons' "Demons" jumps 9-6 with 291,000 (up 184%); Perry's "Dark Horse," featuring Juicy J, is steady at No. 7 with 285,000 (up 158%); and Passenger's "Let Her Go" dips 5-8 with 279,000 (up 107%). One Direction's "Story of My Life" falls 8-9 with 262,000 (up 138%,) and Perry's "Roar" returns to the top 10, up three rungs to No. 10, with 258,000 (up 230%).
This week, which reflects the busy post-Christmas shopping period, 10 songs sold more than 200,000 downloads. To compare, a year ago, in the week ending Dec. 30, 2012, there were 17 songs that sold at least 200,000. (It's not a completely apples-to-apples comparison, since the week in 2012 had one extra day of post-Christmas day sales versus2013.)
Digital track sales this past week totaled 43.1 million downloads, up 98% compared with last week (21.8 million) and down 23% stacked next to the comparable week of 2012 (55.7 million). There were 1.26 billion tracks sold in 2013, down 6% compared to 2012's haul (1.34 billion).
Please note that due to the New Years holiday, the top 10 of the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 charts will be revealed today (Jan. 2) and update in full on Friday (Jan. 3).
http://www.billboard.com/articles/ne...oard-200-chart
Queeen!!
